An Arizona lawman made 700 hardened criminals wear nothing but pink underwear, flip-flops and handcuffs to walk two miles to their new prison – so they’d be too embarrassed to try to escape.

“I put them on the street so everybody could see them. They can see this is what happens to people who break the law,” said Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

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The owner of a Romanian soccer club has given it away for free – saying he’s fed up with people laughing at the team’s lousy record.

Dinel Staicu transferred custody of the Universitatea Craiova team to his local town council, telling them: “May you have more luck with it than I have . . . It’s no fun losing all the time and being the butt of everybody’s jokes and abuse.”

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When Matthew Stevens was bitten by a giant spider, he took a picture of it with his camera phone, figuring friends would never believe the story. That act also saved his life.

The British chef, 23, collapsed, and as doctors fought to save him, he remembered the photo, which was e-mailed to zoologists in Bristol who recognized the bug as a Brazilian Wandering Spider, one of the deadliest in the world.

The ID allowed doctors to give him the right antidote to flush the toxins out of his system.

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A traffic cop pulled over a car and ended up staring Darth Vader in the face – and busted him.

The Force was not with Chris Gedge, who was on his way to a costume party in Old Stratford, England, and ticketed for driving while not wearing his seat belt.

“I told them I was the Dark Lord of the Sith. I’m sure they had a good laugh back at the station,” Gedge said.